Key Points: General Dynamics' AbramsX technology demonstrator presents a vision for modernizing the M1 Abrams tank with features like a lighter chassis, hybrid engine, unmanned turret, autoloader ...

In October, the Army is expected to announce a proper name for its newest vehicle. The machine is essentially a light tank, an armored turreted and tracked vehicle with a big gun. In June ...

To try to cope with this problem, the Army is investing in a lighter tank than its current battlefield behemoth, the M1 Abrams main battle tank. This new vehicle, which is still known by its ...

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. – The U.S. Army announced today the path forward for the M1E3 Abrams Main Battle Tank modernization program. The Army will close out the M1A2 System Enhancement Package ...

A prototype of the M10 Booker, which is a tank whether the Army wants to admit it or not. (Courtesy of General Dynamics Land Systems) When the Army formally unveiled its new tank on June 8, ...

The U.S. Army wants to put the M1 Abrams on a diet. Last week, the Army announced the next version of the M1 Abrams tank will be known as the M1E3. The E stands for “engineering,” meaning the ...

FORT BLISS, Texas — Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll visited Fort Bliss ... the role of the 1st Armored Division — “America’s Tank Division” — and how the division supports ...

The Army is canning the M10 Booker, a tank-like armored vehicle that the service chose less than two years ago as its first major new front-line combat weapon in decades, officials said Monday.

“We got the Booker wrong,” said Driscoll, adding that the Army already has taken delivery of roughly 80 of the tanks. “We wanted to develop a small tank that was agile and could do [airdrops ...

The US Army's tank proficiency has fallen after two decades of counterinsurgency warfare. "Many crews struggle with the basics of tank gunnery," an armor expert wrote. The Army is refocusing on ...